James Bond’s billions – the money behind the movies

Spectre, the 24th official Bond movie, is rumoured to have cost $350m to produce, one of the most expensive films ever made and more than the budgets of the first nine Bond movies combined

PRODUCTION BUDGETS AND WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE TAKINGS ($U.S. inflation adjusted to 2015 values)
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James Bond actors Sean Connery George Lazenby Roger Moore Timothy
Dalton Pierce Brosnan Daniel Craig

Increase on budget (%)
5,857%
Box office (overall circle area) Budget $7.79m $463.91

Dr. No (1963) 5,857% $7.79m $463.91m

From Russia With Love (1964) 3,845% $15.38m $606.55m

Goldfinger (1964) 4,063% $23.06m $960.18m

Thunderball (1965) 1,469% $68.09m $1,062.26m

You Only Live Twice (1967) 1,075% $67.78m $796.29m

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) 925% $51.95m $532.47m

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) 1,511% $42.37m $682.58m

Live and Let Die (1973) 2,211% $37.57m $868.46m

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) 1,294% $33.84m $471.80m

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 1,224% $55.06m $729.11m

Moonraker (1979) 578% $101.76m $690.33m

For Your Eyes Only (1981) 597% $73.41m $512.03m

Octopussy (1983) 562% $65.80m $435.57m

A View to a Kill (1985) 407% $68.44m $338.58m

The Living Daylights (1987) 375% $83.91m $398.83m

License to Kill (1989) 268% $80.72m $297.31m

Goldeneye (1995) 493% $93.83m $556.66m

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 209% $163.33m $504.07m

The World is Not Enough (1999) 168% $193.11m $517.44m

Die Another Day (2002) 204% $188.11m $572.19m

Casino Royale (2006) 483% $120.58m $702.51m

Quantum of Solace (2008) 157% $254.59m $654.94m

Skyfall (2012) 455% $207.60m $1,152.71m

Spectre (2015) $350m Nov 24, 2014: Sony data hack reveals budget
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First 23 James Bond movies cost $2.10bn, returning $14.51bn in global box office receipts

Spectre will need to rake in at least $1.30 billion at global box office to maintain same increase on budget as Skyfall

Data does not include studio costs such as publicity, or sources of revenue from home video/DVD sales, broadcast/streaming rights, merchandising, licensing and product placement

Sources: chance.amstat.org, the-numbers.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – CPI Inflation Calculator, 007.com

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